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he also writes the drone strike targeting a group of al qaeda militants in yemen on wednesday the un has raised concerns about the legality of such strikes due to reported heavy civilian casualties on the lack of transparency on the west part we're in uncharted waters when it comes to policy american policy related to drones this week the administration imposed financial sanctions against the rainy and of the u.s. planes but jamming satellite broadcasts and blocking internet access and you read that comes on top of a whole lot of other sanctions that had been put in place by the u.s. which proved to be crippling for the iranian economy the goal is not to change the iranian government's decision making it's actually leverage ordinary civilians against the iranian government and threaten to topple the government by inciting you know food riots or you know people who are unhappy because they can't you know their grandparents are dying and can't get medicine and on friday despite president obama's claims the u.s. should move away from the cold war thinking in the places with russia the w
he also writes the drone strike targeting a group of al qaeda militants in yemen on wednesday the un has raised concerns about the legality of such strikes due to reported heavy civilian casualties on the lack of transparency on the west part we're in uncharted waters when it comes to policy american policy related to drones this week the administration imposed financial sanctions against the rainy and of the u.s. planes but jamming satellite broadcasts and blocking internet access and you read...
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the un has had a strong influence. >> you're probably not old enough to remember but jimmy carter gave billions of dollars to alternate energy products. >> i was waiting in the gas lines. >> to those plans still exist but settled think there lasted. are you familiar with another jimmy carter program he gave money to build five steel mills for went bankrupt almost immediately and the fifth one point* of business from of plant in kansas city. >> to make carter's programs did not work then. i remember reading one or two hours to fill up with gasoline in the dc area. these programs are not working now and are unlikely to work in the future. the government cannot at pick the winning project. and never would have thought to pick the apple iphone 5 people wait in line because the one to buy one. [laughter] not necessarily technology that it is an expensive but what they're willing to spend money. we don't know what it it is. i am sure there are many entrepreneurs who have a better idea than those in washington. >> would you be in favor of a significantly higher gasoline tax with the externali
the un has had a strong influence. >> you're probably not old enough to remember but jimmy carter gave billions of dollars to alternate energy products. >> i was waiting in the gas lines. >> to those plans still exist but settled think there lasted. are you familiar with another jimmy carter program he gave money to build five steel mills for went bankrupt almost immediately and the fifth one point* of business from of plant in kansas city. >> to make carter's programs...
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wants to inspect for nuclear research projects the parchin site hasn't been visited by the un since two thousand and five and some western countries suspect tehran of using it to hide elements of a weapons program iran meanwhile strongly denies trying to develop a nuclear deterrent and the i.a.e.a. says that there's good reason to believe the iranians will cooperate with inspectors. there's been a mass anti-nuclear energy rally in japan with thousands gathering in front of parliament in tokyo all the country's reactors were shut down after last year's fukushima disaster but two. plans were later reopened in order to help cope with severe power shortages before the accident caused by the earthquake and tsunami a third of japan's electricity was nuclear generated. in iraq is pouring over the details of a major arms deal with russia after suspicions were raised over the way that baghdad handled it reports on saturday first suggested iraq had pulled the contract sealed just a month ago which was quickly denied by the iraqi defense minister the four billion dollar deal would have made russia
wants to inspect for nuclear research projects the parchin site hasn't been visited by the un since two thousand and five and some western countries suspect tehran of using it to hide elements of a weapons program iran meanwhile strongly denies trying to develop a nuclear deterrent and the i.a.e.a. says that there's good reason to believe the iranians will cooperate with inspectors. there's been a mass anti-nuclear energy rally in japan with thousands gathering in front of parliament in tokyo...